Species
Valid Extinct

Brachauchenius lucasi

Williston 1903

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Pliosauroidea Superfamily
Pliosauridae Family
Thalassophonea Unranked clade
Brachaucheninae Subfamily
Brachauchenius Genus
Brachauchenius lucasi Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
5
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Greenhorn Limestone
1
Eagle Ford
1
Dakota
1
Tropic Shale
1
Akrabou
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77 DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
D. Angst and N. Bardet. 2016. A new record of the pliosaur Brachauchenius lucasi Williston, 1903 (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) of Turonian (Late Cretaceous) age, Morocco. Geological Magazine 153(3):449-459 DOI ↗
A. Bell and M. J. Everhart. 2011. Remains of small ornithurine birds from a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) microsite in Russell County, north-central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 114(1-2):115-123 DOI ↗
J. Bourdon and M. J. Everhart. 2010. Occurrence of the extinct carpet shark, Orectoloboides, in the Dakota Formation (Late Cretaceous; Middle Cenomanian) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 113:237-242 DOI ↗
L. B. Albright, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus. 2007. Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, part 1: new records of the pliosaur Brachauchenius lucasi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):31-40 DOI ↗
S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77 DOI ↗
S. W. Williston. 1903. On the structure of the plesiosaurian skull. Science 17(442):980 DOI ↗